Maggie's Farm

Bird Dog ... It sounds to me as if you might be as annoyed as I am by this cheap proselytizing by the smug greenies. 'We' buy organic foods, even though they cost more, to save the earth [sorry folks, if the all food wasn't organic your bodies couldn't absorb it]; 'we' take only 3 minute showers to save the earth [well, if you want to end your showers almost as dirty as when you started, that's one good way to do it] etc., etc.. Worst of all, they get all fired up and cruise their own neighborhoods to tell all of their "ignorant, careless" neighbors how badly they are behaving to the poor, innocent, helpless Earth. I chased one off my front porch not more than two weeks ago, with the crisp comment that we were well informed about the environment and its needs, and had been 'protecting' it since before the young lady was born.

It's the "I am holier than thou" attitude that really annoys me. They don't know me, but they assume they can get a cheap mood high by instructing me on the basics of environmental preservation.

My husband is a naturalist, for goodness sake. And we are both in our 80s, which they could see if they looked. It stands to reason that we might know more about the ins and outs of environmentalism than they would.

Rant over . Thanks for listening.

Marianne